Gustavo de Souza(@GusMicrotoMacro):I just arrived in Kazakhstan. The immigration office thought that the best way to find if my worn out passport is valid is to trash it out: tear pages, mark others with pen, crush visas, and dirty the first page with ink. And this is how my passport got worn out.

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Gustavo de Souza@GusMicrotoMacro

2026.08.26 08:57

I just arrived in Kazakhstan. The immigration office thought that the best way to find if my worn out passport is valid is to trash it out: tear pages, mark others with pen, crush visas, and dirty the first page with ink. And this is how my passport got worn out.